Davenport bed



Feb. 17, 1931. N. J. EKLEBERRY 1,792,634

DAVENPORT BED Filed May 29, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 17, 1931. N. J. EKLEBERRY 1,792,634

DAVENPORT BED Filed May 29, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 gwuentov Feb. 17, 1931. 7N. J. EKLEBERRY 1,792,684

DAVENPORT BED Filed May 29. 1929 S'Sheets-Sheefc 3 I: 20 I 47 '1 .7 i

I II n 'I 6 I l' ii I l e 20 l I aa- 44 I I I M I Iii 5 I Z11 19 r 5 0 o so Q I I 4 EELIEI gwuefltcw @9050! @MeMr/Zu 3%? Patented Feb. 17, 1931 PATENT OFFICE NORRIS J. EKLEBEBRY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO DAVENPORT BED Application, filed. May 29, 1929. Serial No. 366,810.

My invention has for its object to provide an eflicient davenport bed construction, wherein a full width bed may be readily formed,,or a part of the bed may be located behind the'back and thus eliminate substantially all folding of the-bedding aswell as eliminating all removing and replacing of the bedding that is sometimes required in connection with davenport-beds.

The invention particularly provides a pair of upholstered hingedly supported parts that form the back of the davenport and parts of the head of the bed. It also provides a frame for supporting the said parts which is sewn structed that it may be readily disassembled when it is desired to move the bed from one building to another, or, if necessary, from one room to another, and thus enable easy. handling and packing of the davenport-bed.

The invention may be containediin davenport-beds that vary in their details of construction and, to illustrate a practical application of the invention, I have selected a davenport-bed containing the invention as an example of the various embodiments of my invention and shall describe the davenport-bed selected hereinafter. The davenport-bed selected for purposes of illustration is shown in the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 illustrates a' perspective view of the davenport. Fig. 2 illustrates a View of a section taken on the plane of a line extending transverse one of the ends of the davenport. Fig. 8 is a view of a section taken on the plane of the line 33 indicated in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of a section taken on the plane of the line l l indicated in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 illustrates a View of a section of the bed taken on the plane extending transverse one of the ends of'the bed and is aview similar to that shown in Fig. 2-with reference to the davenport. Fig. 6 is a View of a section taken on the plane of the line 66 indicated m Fig. 2. The dimensions of Fig. 6 being larger than the dimensions of the parts shown in Flg. 2.

Fig. 7 illustrates a broken view of leg operating bar. Fig. 8 is a top view of the parts shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a perspective View looking into the corner of the parts of a frame of the davenport. Fig. 10 is a similar are taken in presenting what is shown in Figs. 9 and 10, respectively.

The particular davenport-bed, illustrated in the drawings, is formed of an upholstered frame 1 having a front board 2 and end frames 3 that form the legs l and the arms 5 of the davenport. The frame 1 is composed of the front board 2 in the frame 3, the legs 4 and the arms 5. The arms 5 also constitute parts of the head and foot board of the bed. The end frames 3 are readily secured to the frame 1 by means of the bolts 7 and 8 whereby the frames may be readily disconnected from the frame 1 and the parts moved or packed for moving as may be desired.

The back of the davenport is formed of a pair of upholstered frames 1'' that are pivotally supported on a pair of vertically extending hinges 13. The members 14 of the hinges 13 being secured to the frames 3 by the bolts 15, while the parts '16 of the hinge are secured at their outer ends to the frames 12 by welding or riveting. The upholstered frames 12 form the back of the davenport. and, by reason of their being pivotally supported by the hinges 13, they maybe swung into position at therear of the seat of the clavenport or to positions substantially in the plane of the arms 5 to form parts of the ends of the bed, that is, the head and foot boards of the bed.

K The frame 1 also supports the spring frame 19. The spring frame 19 is formed of two sections 20 and 21 that are hingedly 'connected together by the bolts 22. The bed spring used is, preferably, a wire fabricated construction of a type well known in the art, and is formed of a plurality of links that are joined together and are connected to the frame 19 by a plurality of links 23 and are joined to the frame 19 by means of the springs 24: whereby the spring fabric may be easily bent about the axis of the bolts 22 that pivotally join together the parts 20 and 21 the frame 19.

The part2-1 of'the frame lil issupported by means of the legs fthat form parts e f-the arm frames The part 20 of the frame 19 is supported by the bolt that pivotally connects it to the part 21 and'by ineansof the foldablo egs 25 that a re automatically opened when the part 20 is swung rearwardly with respect to the part 21 of, the frame. The legs 25 are pivotally connected to the frame 19 by meanso f the bo'lt'26. 'A'li'uk'QS is connected to each leg at a point abovethe bolt 26by means oftherivet 29-and to'the'bracket ElO-that is con'neetedtothmp art 21of t-he frame at a point above the bolts 22 so that when the part 2O is rotated about the bolt 22,the link will operate to swing the "leg 25 dONVllYWfiTlll with respect to the part'QO of the frame and locate 'it in substantially a vertical position when the part-2O is located in asubstantially horizontalplane.

The back'frames 1:2 are so cc-nneeted to the vertical hinges 13 that they may be swung in front of the part ng frame and th us cover the part 20 of the springframe whenthe part 20 is located'in a vertical position. A. suitable mattress 35 may be located on the frame 19 and to the of the front board 2 and, if desired, core o cushions 35; may be located on the mattress.

-" red back frames 12 m .y l or to cover the 'portionof the 30 located in contact with the l J .5" spring frame, whereby there will be sented an attractive davenport, the b d and all being cover-ed by CllfilUQElS 3G a:

l 3? the back mes 12,

uphoisterir back frames 12 bein so supper: .ns'to proof that portion of the vi de for the bedding i. ill contact with the part 20 cfthe Y frame lul i hen' parts are in the position of l he davenport formation, the back frames 12 are locked to the part 20 of the spring frame 19 in order to secure the parts in position. A red 10, located in each of the back frames 12, is connected to a pairof pivoted arms 41 having the pins 42. The arms 11 are pivotally connected to the back frames 12 by means the scre re connected .3 and a pair of fixed books ll te the part 20 of the frame .J. The hooks a 'e adapted to engage the pins 42 of the arms 11. T he rod 10 and the arms .1-1 are'spring pressed by means of the spring 45 the is connected atone end to the rod 40 1,7e2,ese

and at the other end to the frame 12. Movement of the rod to and the arms 41 is limited by the head 46 located on the end of the rod and a sheet metal plate 47 through which the rod extends. The plate 17 is welded to bed,'the'rods 40am drawn outward against the tension of the springs 15 to swing the arms 41 and cause disengagement of the pins l2 from the hooks 14:, whereupon the part 20 of the frame 19 may be swung on the bolts 22 and the fra1ncs-12'may be swung'towards the planes of the arms 5'to complete the formotion of the head and foot boards of the bed. lVhen'the frame 20 is swung'down, the legs 25 will be moved to positions to support the side of the bed formed by the part 20 of the frame 19.

I claim:

1. In a davenport bed, a body frame, a

sectional spring frame'supportedby'the'body L frame,'a=pair of arm frames supported at the ends'of'the body frame, the sections of the spring frame pivotally connected together, one'oftlie sections of the-spring framesup ported substantially horizontally, a .pair of upholstered back frames ipivotally supported "on the'arm frames one of the-sections of the spring frames locatedatthe rear of the back frames when the last named section 'of thesp'ring frame is in a substantially vertical plane through 'the pivotal axis between the sections of thespring frame and when the parts are in davenport relation, the last named section of the spring frame adapted to be lowered to a position substantially in the sameplane asthe planeof the first'named spring sections.

2. In a d'a-venport bed, a body frame, a pair of upholstered arm frames, each arm frame having-a pair of'legs, means for'removably connecting the arm'frames to the body frame, a gair of upholstered back frames pivotally'con'nected to the arm frames adapted fermovement ofthe back frames to positions at right angles to *the arm frames and substantially in the plane 'of the arm frames, a spring frame having two sections pivotally connected together at points below and to the rear of the lower edges of the upholstered back frame, one-of the spring sections supported in the body frame, and the other of the spring frames located in a substantially vertical plane to the body frame and to the rearof the upholstered back frame a distance substantially thesame as the thickloo 

